Fastening device.



w. M. lvlccLEARm.A FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l5. |917.

1 ,269, 626 Patented June 18, 1918.

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FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE- I6. 1917.

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W/W/eafe/gmm attenua? 6MM/II meno WILLIAM M. MOCLEAREN, OF DINUBA,CALIFORNIA.

FASTENING iJEvIcE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J une 18, 1918.

Application led .Tune 16, 1917. Serial No. 175,095.

whereby through the reciprocation of a rider, the yedges of separableparts may be brought together, to cause fasteners carried by said edgesto interlock with each other.'

It is Within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type-to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription pro- .within the scope of what is claimed, withceeds, theinvention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in thedetails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it .beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment=of the inventionherein disclosed can be made out departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal sec-- tion showing the rider andparts which cooperate therewith;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the rider;

Fig. 6 is a fragmental elevation showing a modified form of theinvention;

Fig. 7 is a fragmental cross section showing a slight modification inthe invention;

Fig. 8 is a cross sectonshowing a further modication in the invention;

Fig. 9 is an elevation showing a modied application of the invention;and

Fig. 10 is a section taken approximately on the line 10-10 of Fig.. 9.

In Fi 1 of the drawings there is shown an artic e of wearing apparelsuch as a shoe, including an upper l havin sides 2 and 3. A frontv piece4 is secured a justably to the side 3 in any desired manner. In thepresent instance, but not of necessity, the front piece 4 is stitched tothe part 3, as shown at 5. If desired, the front piece 4 may be omittedentirely, as will be obvious when the nature of the invention is betterunderstood.

Folded strips 6 of flexible material are provided, and the free edges ofthese strips 6 extend beneath the side 2 and the front piece 4, if thelatter is used. The strips 6 are attached to the parts 3 and 2 byfasteners 7 of any desired sort. In the present instance, the fasteners7 take the form of headed pins having bendable prongs passing throughthe strips 6' and engaging the same. At their inner edges, the stripsform enlarged loops 8 within which are located and held flexibleelements 9 whichmay be cords. The exible elements 9 extend upwardlyabove the top edge of the upper 1 and terminate in finger ices 10.Fasteners 11 of U-shape and pre erably made of metal are clamped ontothe looped portion 8 of one strip 6, and because this loop is enlargedby the cord 9, the fasteners 11 cannot slide l other end, each fastener14 is supplied with an offset projection 17.

The numeral 18 denotes a rider preferably made of metal and of U-shapein longitudinal section, the rider 18 including an inner wall 19 and anouter wall 20. The walls 19 and 2O are connected by an integrally formedupstanding U-shaped yoke 21. In the yoke 21 is disposed a reinforcingfiller 22 held in place by a rivet 23 passing through the yoke 21. Thewalls 19 and 20 of the rider are convexed in opposite directions to formguides 24 and 25 which diverge toward their upper ends, as clearlyindicated -in Fig. 4. The guides 25 which constitute a part 0f thesuffix the outer wall 20 are outwardly flexed at their lower ends, asshown at 26, for purposes to be set forth hereinafter. Mounted in theyoke 21 is an upstanding eye 27 to which is attached a tab 28.

In practical operation, when the rider 18 is drawn upwardly by means ofthetab 28, the rider slides over the fasteners 11and 14, the samebeingreceived between the guides 24 and 25 of the rider. Because theguides at the respective sides of the rider converge, as they extenddownwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, the tongue 12 will engagebeneath the keeper 16 when the rider is drawn upwardly, and theprojection 17 will engage beneath the tongue, as clearly indicated inFig. 4, to maintain the tongue engaged with the keeper.

When itis desired to open the shoe, the finger pieces 10 are pulled inopposite di,- rections, whereupon the rider 18 will slide downwardlyover'the fasteners 11 and 14, the parts coacting as guides.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, a modified form of the invention .has beenshown.Y Parts hereinbefore described have been designated by thenumerals previously used, with the suffix a. In this form of theiinvention, one side of the upper is shown at 29 and has eyelets 30. Thecorresponding strip 68L is provided with eyelets 31, and through theeyelets 30 and 3l is passed a lacing cord 32. This construction,preferably, is used at one side only of the shoe and renders unnecessarysuch a part as the front piece 4:. kWhen the front piece 4 is used, thestri s 6 and attendant parts are'assembled with jthe part 4 and with theside 2 of the upper, and an adjustment is effected by bringing the frontpiece 4 4over onto the side 3 and stitching the same in place, orsecuring it otherwise, the stitching 5 being used; in the presentembodiment of the inventlon.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, the numeral 52 denotes a iiexible element asthe part 4 orv the part 2 of Fig. 3, the fasteners 53 being clampeddirectly onto the member 52, and the folded strips 6 of Fig. 3 beingomitted.

In Fig. 8, parts hereinbefore described are denoted by numeralspreviously used, with a. Fig. 8 may be compared with Fig. 3, and it willbe noted that in the modification contemplated in Fig. 8, the side 3a 1sconnected with the'front piece 4a by means of fasteners 51, like theelements 7 of Fig. 3, the strips 6a being stitched,fas shown at 50, tothe sides 4a and 2a.y

In Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings, a modication in the invention isshown. In the said figures, the numeral 70 denotes a corset,

`the edges of which are indicated at 71 and 72. Fasteners 84 of the kindhereinbefore described, are carried by the edges 71 and 72 of thecorset, and the rider appears at 73.

A plate 74 is attached to the edge 7l at the lower end thereof andcarries studs 75 and 76 spaced a art transversely of the corset. Theplate 4 has a projection 7 7 on its lower edge, near to the stud 75. Aplate 78 is attached to the edge 72 of the corset, near to the lower endthereof. The numeral 79 denotes a latch pivoted at 80 to the plate 78.The latch 79 has an offset arm 81, overlapping the plate 74., The arm 81has a notch 82 in its upper edge, receiving the pro-` jection 76, andthe arm has a notch 83 inl i ceived in a notch 82 and the stud 75 isre-v ceived in the notch 83, thus preventing a separation of the edgesof the corset at the lower ends thereof. When it is desired to disengagethe latch 79, a, downward movement of the plate 78 will cause the latch7 9L to swing downwardly, with the stud 75vas a fulcrum, the notch 82being disengaged from the stud 76. The lower edge of the latch 79 thencomes into contact with the projection 77, which, acting as a fulcrum,

disengages the notch 83 from the stud 76.

A device of the class described comprising parts having separableedges;lfasteners car-V ried by said edges, the fasteners on one edge beingprovided with tongues, the fasteners on the other edge being provided atone end with offset keepers receiving the tongues when said edgesare-brought together, the last specified fasteners being provided attheir other ends with projections which engage the tongues when thetongues are engaged with the keepers; and a rider slidable on thefasteners, and constituting means for bringing the fasteners together tocause the tongues to interlock with the keepers.

In testimony 'that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. MCCLEAREN.

Witnesses:

yLn ROY G. SMITH, GLADYS RHoDns.

. Having thus described the invention, whatj

